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I think the vendor description of “Thick-bodied, rich, and herbaceous” is quite accurate and succinct. There’s this mild astringency, and a sweetness that I expect from a black tea, though certainly more herbaceous than of a more typical stonefruit.

It’s fine. Not necessarily the flavor profile I look towards when it comes to tea

(7g mini)
This tea is super interesting. It actually tastes like really crappy, bitter coffee. There’s this thinness of flavor that a poor quality cup has, similar to something out of a Keurig. There’s this very pronounced bitterness that only a crappy diner cup could spit out. There’s this bitterness and slight roast that are lingering and last very long after sipping.

Honestly, in terms of effort and accuracy, this is certainly waaay up there. However, because they were accurate, I rank this much lower since I probably wouldn’t want to drink this, just as I wouldn’t want to drink sh*tty diner coffee.

I’m curious how adding cream/milk and sugar to this would affect it.

FLAVORS: Lightly floral and vegetal/grassy flavor. There’s also this prominent sweet richness to it, similar to cotton candy, though more so an herbaceous sweetness than of sugar. The sheer richness can almost verge on bitterness, which I notice at the corners of my mouth. Mildly astringent.

AROMA: Smells rich in some indistinct way. Like sweet grass. Like a grass dune waving in the wind // Maybe collard greens and sweet pea.

The unique part of this tea is this floral/fruit/dill note that dance and shift randomly. One sip I get floral, the other I get fruit, and the last I get dill.

The dry aroma is super strong, something like sweet flowers or even fruit punch. Then when infused, the smell just magnifies. It’s like fragrant flowers infused into watermelon juice, and amongst the flowers there are some pine needles.

Simply, the taste is very close to how it smells, except toned down and with less pine and dill notes. It’s certainly very juicy and velvety, with maybe a tinge of astringency.

(7g mini)

It’s an old forest. The bark of the trees are dark and wizened with age and tempered by the elements. Much of it has been decayed, some by moisture and rot, and some by fire.
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Super punchy, very earthy and woody with some sort of light smoke element. It’s like W2T’s Lumbersl*t’s older brother. The one that’s in a biker gang and beats people up.